Damian Voltes
Managing Director
Description:
23 years building, investing, scaling and exiting Internet companies in Latin America. Founder of 6 Internet companies (3 of them were acquired by public corporations: FOX, News Corp and Demand Media). Currently, Managing Director at Patagonia Ventures, a seed private fund with a remarkable success rate: 12 exits out of 23 investments made. Also, Managing Director at Latin Partners, a M&A boutique advisory firm focused in Latin America. Founded EmergingCast in 2009, a company focused on an Internet-based model for the professional creation of content at scale in Latin America. In 2011, Demand Media (NYSE:DMD) acquired the company. Post-Acquisition, Damian served as SVP International for 4 years. Founded Digital Ventures in 2003, a leading Display Ad Network in Latin America. Founded InZearch in 2005, the first Search Engine Marketing Agency in Latin America. Both companies were acquired in 2007 by FOX, a News Corp. company (NASDAQ:FOX). Post-acquisition, Damian served as VP Global Business Development for 2 years. Between 1996 and 2001 founded CuponesOnline.com (an early stage version of GroupOn), Netkiosk (internet public kiosks) and Intermarketing (Internet marketing agency). Through its fund Patagonia Ventures, invested in IndexTank (acquired by LinkedIn), Hunt Mobile Ads (acquired by Opera), ComentaTV (acquired by Wayin), Properati (acquired by OLX), PixOlw (aquired by Animoca), RecargaPay (secondary sale), ZetaNet, FAV!, 123seguro.com, TicTapps, Workana, , Wondery, among others. Former Partner for Latin America at GroupArgent (now Result International), an investment banking and M&A boutique firm based in NY. He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and MBA from Universidad de Belgrano. Also a Postgraduate in Telecommunications from Universidad de San Andres & ITBA.
Summary:
23 years building, investing, scaling and exiting Internet companies in Latin America. Founder of 6 Internet companies (3 of them were acqu...
Number of Registered Investments:2
Contact Details:
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Phone Number:United Kingdom, Europe
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